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And so if i wanted to say, well, the presidency in humor, humor in the white house didnt quite do it. But then i thought about it some more and actually it does work because neither of the first two president has a sense of humor. So it gets me out of that problem. But, im going to follow the lead of perhaps the most successful humorist in the white house. It might not be the person youre thinking of by doing what he always did, in most cases what he did at the beginning of a talk, he started with a joke. Again, some of you will have heard this joke, but please pretend you havent heard it before and laugh at the appropriate point. So this is a joke and this is a key to part of my story. That Ronald Reagan used to tap. And the key is, as youll see, Ronald Reagan was effectively telling the story on himself. It related to a time in his career when he didnt know sort what he was d ....
Give us a wonderful, wonderful presentation about george h. W. Bush. Well have question and answer after weekends awards and becaus filming tonight, please, use the microphones that we will place, i think one right there and one over to the side there, and thats so your question doesnt get lost on cspan. I want to welcome all of you, and let you know how much we appreciate you all being here tonight. Especially knowing that the democratic partys done a little bit of counterprogramming. [ laughter ] of course, weve got another, another 15 monthsplus to get our fill or probably more than our fill of 2020 president ial campaigning. Here were going to take a few moments to remember a man who won it in 1988. A president who it seemed the longer he lived, the more loved and appreciated he became. I was struck like many others, i think, by the national outpouring of respect and affection in the days leading up to and through the funeral of G ....
Governors not doing enough and how important the National Guard is area and i think he is, hes making a partisan issue where i think in the past seen president s reach out and try to be compassionate and to win people togetherinstead of divide them. So i think thats been something weve seen with the pandemic and with these recent protests. How did your book come about, whats the genesis of it . Ive written a book called the residence and a couple of other books about the white house and ive always been fascinated by what happens behind the scenes on inauguration day. To me thats just a dramatic day in our history when one new family moves in another family moves out the public is looking at this west front of the capital and you know that this swearingin ceremony that we all watch, but really behindthescenes theres controlled chaos at the white house. And theres this last inauguration i was fascinated by the obamas taking off in t ....
Presidency over the past 3 and a half years. He is making it very partisan, he came out a few hours ago talking about the democratic mayors not doing enough and how important the National Guard is and i think hes making it a partisan issue where i think in the past a president reach out and try to be compassionate and to bring people together instead of divide them, so i think thats thats been something we have seen with both the pandemic and with the recent protests. How did your book come about . Whats the genesis of it . I had seen a couple of books about the white house. Ive always been fascinated on what happened behind the scenes on Inauguration Day. Thats a dramatic day in our history when one family moves in and another family looks out and the public is looking at is west front of the capital, the swearingin ceremony that we all we all watch, but really behind the ....
Dr. Is a good friend of this library. Hes a former library trustee, and weve known him for many years, a strong supporter of the library. And his research into the life of president roosevelt in his health. Hes a medical doctor. Hes Board Certified neurology, is in practice for more than 40 years. And current president of the Neurological Association of new jersey, dr. La mesa, is also a former member of the new jersey state of medical examiners and former president of the new york society of medical history. Hes also hes avid magazine writer, magazine collector, and has written on that as well. Magazines in the american experience. And it was published in conjunction with an exhibit down at the gogo club, which i remember very clearly was very nice. Dr. Lazars book, fdr unmasked 73 years of medical cover ups that rewrote history is now available, and we like to we ....